I am writing to you as a now, former dedicated reader of Rolling Stone magazine.

In reference to the February 5th article about Dahn Yoga, I am surprised that RS would publish such a ridiculous article. It is clear that your editorial staff has no understanding about the Dahn practice; nor, does there seem to be any interest from the staff in finding out–and publishing–the many benefits that this practice holds for individuals, communities and the Planet.

Since I have first-hand experience of many things the reporter writes about, I am tempted to go item-by-item to refute the gross inaccuracies of the article. But I value my time, so I will only say that RS should have taken a cue from the experience of the Korean magazine Shin Dong Ah, which was compelled to publish a retraction of its own trashy article about the Dahn practice. What RS deserves for itself publishing such trash, would be best expressed by the vernacular. But I will leave it to our legal experts to express it, after their own manner.

Finally, as a college student, I, too, cleaned toilets–for the Roman Catholic Church. The church was located adjacent to the college campus. There is nothing special about cleaning toilets–every where there is a toilet, it needs to be cleaned. But the reporter kept mentioning about it. It shows her poor taste. It is too bad for Rolling Stone that you would allow this reporter’s ”work” to appear in your magazine. Really too bad.

John Thompson

I have been a Yoga instructor for the past 10 years. I am a registered and certified Hatha Yoga instructor at the 500 hour level.

I discovered the Dahn Practice in the Spring of 2004 and became a Dahn Instructor in 2005.

While there are many benefits to all of the various Yoga practices, my experience is that the Dahn practice is the most complete – combining energy tapping (meridian opening), stretching (asana), breathing practice (pranayama), and meditation all in one carefully designed class. And, the piece d’resistance is tea ceremony at the end of class where
members are invited to share their experience so that what they have learned is more fully integrated and grounded. Personally, I find the Dahn practice to be simultaneously energizing and relaxing.

Tae Sung healer, BEST Instructor

It is not easy nowadays for anybody to changed their life 360 degrees for the benefit of Humanity but there is still hope, in this case I was the hope, thanks to Dr Ilchi Lee.